Project Management for Construction
Project Management for Construction
INTRODUCTION
Project Management for Construction focused on the project management of capital projects. Students will build their understanding of the widest aspects of the construction development process, from clients developing their requirements for new capital projects through the design, procurement and construction stages, to the final occupation and maintenance of new facilities. Projects are appreciated from the perspective of many of the relevant stakeholders including clients, occupiers, funders and designers, as well as from the point of view of the contractor.
OBJECTIVES
- Learn how projects are appraised, investment decisions made and how financing of capital projects takes place
- Learn how legislation impacts and influences the construction process and the wider environment
- Develop excellent skills in leadership and widen your interpersonal and presentation skills through a number of participatory projects
- Consider the way we build and how this is altering and evolving to accommodate a changing climate
COURSE OUTLINE
- Introduction to Management
- Materials – Their Use and Structural Function
- Introduction to the Built Environment
- The Construction Industry and its Management
- Economics
- Introduction to Law
- Computing for the Built Environment
- Production of the Built Environment
- Project Management
- Building Services
- Technology Studies
- Quantity Surveying and Contract Procurement
- Building for a Sustainable Future
- Organizational Management
- Building Services Engineering
- Contract Administration and Law
- Built Asset Management
- Dissertation
- Project Evaluation and Development